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Business, Personal Transactions, And Real Estate
My aim is provide the advice and prepare the documents that will help you and your business operate, keep your assets and profits protected, and do what is possible to minimize future litigation.
I advise and counsel clients so that you can make sound decisions. I advise you of the alternatives and of the risks inherent in each, but I do not attempt to make decisions for you.
I can assist you in the following areas:
BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS:
- Formation, and Organization of For-Profit and Not-For-Profit Entities including Business and Professional Corporations, S Corporations, Limited
Liability Companies, Joint Ventures, Partnerships, and Sole Proprietorships - Reviewing, Negotiating, Drafting, Interpreting, and Implementing Business and Commercial Contracts and Ongoing Operational Matters for Business Entities
- Financial, Buy-Sell, Employment, Consulting, Noncompetition, and Management Arrangements among Business Owners and Shareholders of Corporations, Partners of General and Limited Partnerships, and Members of Limited Liability Companies
- Strategic Alliances and Joint Ventures
- Acquisitions, Sales, and Dissolutions of Businesses
- Regulatory Matters
- Succession and Retirement Planning
- Trade Secrets, Licensing and Intellectual Property
- Disputes among Business Owners, Shareholders, Partners, and Members
- Matters Incident to the Dissolution of the Marriage of a Business Owner
- Business Litigation
WILLS, TRUSTS AND ESTATES:
- Basic Wills and Trusts, including Guardians for Minor Children
- Wills and Trusts to Minimize Taxes
- Planning for incapacity
- Durable powers of attorney
- Health care powers of attorney
- Living wills
- Guardianships
- Special Needs Planning and Trusts
- Prenuptial Agreements
- Business Succession Planning
- Life Insurance Planning, including Life Insurance Trusts
- Probating of Wills and Assisting in Estate and Trust Administration
- Compliance with Probate and Fiduciary Laws
- Estate Litigation
“It requires a great deal of boldness and a great deal of caution to make a great fortune.... And when you have got it, it requires ten times as much wit to keep it.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1860
PROPERTY AND REAL ESTATE
- Creating Entities and Structuring Transactions
- Purchase and Sale Agreements
- Rezoning, Variance, and Land Use Issues
- Construction and Development Agreements
- Homeowners Associations
- Restrictive Covenants
- Leasing
- Landlord-tenant law: Compliance, Enforcement, and Evictions
- Mechanics’ Liens
- Environmental issues
- Eminent Domain / Condemnation
- Partitions
- Foreclosures and Collections
- Boundary Proceedings
- Real Estate Litigation